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Dept/ Agency: One Stop Career Center-NewarkWORKS
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Acceptance of Grant Funds
Entity Name: City of Newark, One Stop Career Center
Entity Address: 990 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Grant Amount: $4,921,982.00
Total Project Cost: $0.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Grant Period: July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
The Grant Funding Source is from the State of New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and Economic Opportunity to assist youth with significant barriers to employment, high-quality jobs, and careers and to help employers hire and retain skilled workers.
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WHEREAS, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) is designed to help get Americans, including youth and those with significant barriers to employment, into high quality jobs and careers and help employers hire and retain skilled workers; and
WHEREAS, the State of New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and Economic Opportunity awarded the City of Newark the following Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) grant (formerly Workforce Investment Act), through the Newark Workforce Development Board (NWDB), for Program Year 2019 (July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020); and
WHEREAS, the Program Year 2019 funds must be 80 percent obligated by June 30, 2020 and it must be fully expended by no later than June 30, 2021; and
WHEREAS, funds will be allocated as follows:
Program
Total PY18 Allocation
WIOA Youth
$2,135,842
WIOA Adult
$2,014,659
WIOA Dislocated Worker
$771,481
TOTAL
$4,921,982
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